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Here Comes The Choke

2006-09-25 22:06

by Ken Arneson

Huston Street blows a three-run lead in the ninth. I can't take it anymore. I'm fasting the rest of the regular season.

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2006-09-25 22:13:22

1. Bob Timmermann

You're going to lose a lot of weight.

2006-09-25 22:15:38

2. Jon Weisman

You mean, until they clinch or die trying?

Or is this a playoff purification fast that you'll continue even after a clinch?

2006-09-25 22:16:58

3. Ken Arneson

I'd lose more if I watched another A's disaster.

2006-09-25 22:18:35

4. Ken Arneson

2 There won't be a clinch. They're gonna choke in some unbelievable fashion like they always do.

2006-09-25 22:20:34

5. Bob Timmermann

I find it unlikely that Oakland could have a choke of the same dimension as St. Louis is trying to pull off.

2006-09-25 22:28:38

6. Ken Arneson

Unlikely is irrelevant. Kirk Gibson was unlikely. A 7.0 earthquake was unlikely. Billy Hatcher was unlikely. 0-9 in ALDS clinching games was unlikely. 0-10 in playoff coin flips was unlikely. All those things were unlikely, and they all happened. So what makes this any different?

2006-09-25 22:30:23

7. Ken Arneson

Or, just call it the curse of TLR.

2006-09-25 22:32:50

8. Bob Timmermann

Is Buck Martinez or Joe Buck at the game?

2006-09-25 22:32:58

9. bhsportsguy

And tomorrow they face a former Angel.

2006-09-25 23:16:53

10. toni

whoa Ken... I thought I was the only one who felt that way.

I had a really bad feeling with how they played against the Angels... I wish I could say this isn't happening. But it is, again. When everything is on the line they do the same damn thing every. single. time.

I can't believe the A's are going to break my heart again! At least I won't be there in person this time.

2006-09-26 07:58:05

11. dianagramr

Hey Ken ... if you are fasting, it'd be best if you gave your perishable foodstuffs to us, lest it go to waste.

(just sayin')

2006-09-26 08:51:27

12. jmoney

I'd just like to know at exactly what point Huston Street morphed into Octavio Dotel? I'd rather have Duchscherer closing games right now.

And Ken, reading #6 made me feel ill. Thanks.

2006-09-26 12:24:58

13. ToyCannon

Since when have the A's choked during the regular season? I thought the 21st century A's saved their choking for the postseason.

2006-09-26 12:53:24

14. Ken Arneson

13 May I remind you that the A's have been in first place on September 1 each of the last two seasons, and failed both times to make the playoffs?

It's the natural progression of things. 88 and 90 they choked in the World Series; 92 in the ALCS, 2000-03 in the ALDS. 2004-06, regular season.

Next year, I suppose, they'll choke in August, and it won't feel so bad.

2006-09-26 16:42:43

15. Derek Smart

Is it choking when it happens in May?

2006-09-26 17:02:36

16. Ken Arneson

15 No, that's just sucking.

2006-09-26 17:20:27

17. Vishal

how did we manage to avoid the choke in '89? or is SF just cursed worse than we are?

2006-09-26 19:42:07

18. Bob Timmermann

Just checking in to see how the fast is going Tuesday.

2006-09-26 21:00:25

19. ScoobyGoo

It's almost official, you'll need to fast the entire playoffs...

Yes, i realized i just completely jinxed tonight's game

:breaks open champagne anyways:

2006-09-26 21:42:38

20. Ken Arneson

17 We paid for our victory with a massive earthquake.

In honor of which, I spent this evening watching a PBS Nova documentary on supervolcanos.

Apparently, it takes huge natural disasters to beat the jinx.

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